(1) OLD SALIERI:
Being bowed to and saluted, called 'distinguished - distinguished Salieri' - by men incapable of distinguishing! Thirty-two years of meaningless fame to end up alone in my room, watching myself become extinct.
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(2) My music growing fainter, all the time fainter, until no one plays it at all. And his growing louder, filling the world with wonder. And everyone who loves my sacred art crying, Mozart! Bless you, Mozart. (...) Goodbye, Father. I'll speak for you.
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(3) I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint. On their behalf I deny Him, your God of no mercy. Your God who tortures men with longings they can never fulfill. He may forgive me: I shall never forgive Him.
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(4) (...) Mediocrities everywhere, now and to come: I absolve you all! Amen!Amen! Amen!
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Tweets (1) to (4) are based on the script for "Amadeus" available on the Internet.
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The guy is just jealous. Music doesn't do anything. It's just a distraction. Musicians are such narcissistic, arrogant shits. Music is meaningless, like everything else. A wino in the gutter is just as good as any famous musician. It's all bullshit.
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(1) Yeah, I know. But some people do love something (be it an art or an academic discipline or a sport or sex or romance) so much that they sometimes even go so far as to commit a crime for it. The movie "Amadeus" eloquently depicts how such people are doomed to live and suffer.
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(2) When watching "Amadeus," therefore, I don't think it's important to decide whether you think, feel, and live just like Salieri or Mozart. For example, I myself, in a way, totally different from the two. And yet, I think I have something fundamentally important ...
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